Jim Barker inducted into Dobyns-Bennett HOF |
Clemson, SC—Clemson University President Jim Barker was inducted into his high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday evening in Kingsport, TN. Barker was a track athlete, competing in the pole vault at Dobyns-Bennett High School. He continued his career in that event as a student-athlete at Clemson in the late 1960s.
“This is a special moment for me,” Barker said in an article in the Kingsport Times News. “I think the committee made a serious mistake in selecting me, but I’m not giving it back.” Barker joins a long list of well known athletes to be honored by Dobyns-Bennett High School. Former Georgia Tech Head Football Coach Bobby Dodd is an alumnus of the school and a member of its Hall of Fame. Among the inductees with Barker on Thursday night was former Wake Forest basketball player Skip Brown. Dobyns-Bennett High School is also the alma mater of current Clemson starting defensive back
Coty Sensabaugh Gr. Defensive Back #15 6-0, 180 Kingsport, TN View Full Profile
, who had the key interception in the final moments of Clemson’s win over Auburn on September 17.
Coty Sensabaugh
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